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Case 1:17-mc-00025-RWS Document 29 Filed 12/22/16 Page 1 of 6
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT LAUDERDALE DIVISION
CASE NO. 16-61262-MC-GOODMAN
UNDERLYING CASE NO. 15-CV-07433-RWS (S.D.N.Y)
BRADLEY J. EDWARDS,
Plaintiff,
v.
GHISLAINE MAXWELL,
Defendant.
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ORDER TRANSFERRING MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENA
OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER
Bradley J. Edwards (“Edwards”) filed in the Southern District of Florida a motion
to quash a subpoena issued to him by Ghislaine Maxwell (“Maxwell”). [ECF No. 1]. 1
The subpoena was issued in the Southern District of New York in the underlying case,
Giuffre v. Maxwell, No. 1:15-cv-07433-RWS. Maxwell opposed the motion to quash. [ECF
No. 8] and Edwards replied to Maxwell’s opposition. [ECF No. 13]. United States
District Judge Jose E. Martinez referred Edwards’ motion to me. [ECF No. 11]. Maxwell
filed a status update in this Court regarding the contested Edwards Subpoena and the
related rulings in the underlying action (“notice”). [ECF No. 24].
1
The subject subpoena of Edwards’ motion to quash is referred to as the
“Edwards Subpoena.”[ECF No. 1-3].
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Case 1:17-mc-00025-RWS Document 29 Filed 12/22/16 Page 2 of 6
Having read the parties’ submissions and reviewed the docket in the underlying
case in New York and a related motion filed in the District Court of Utah, the Court
finds, sua sponte, that exceptional circumstances exist under Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 45(f) that warrant transfer of Edwards’ motion to the court with jurisdiction
over the underlying case. 2 Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(f).
Rule 45(f) allows the court where compliance with a subpoena is required to
transfer a sub
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